Ebenezer (Eben) Hayes (1798 - 1881) was a farmer, Methodist preacher and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, during the Reconstruction era.[1]

Eben Hayes
South Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1868–1870
In office
1872–1874
Personal details
Born
Ebenezer Hayes

1798 (1798)
Marion, South Carolina
Died1881(1881-00-00) (aged 82–83)
Political partyRepublican
SpouseNancy Ann Dew

Ebenezer Hayes was born in Marion, South Carolina, in 1798, the eldest of three sons to William Hayes, whose family came from Virginia and were of English descent.[2] Hayes married Nancy Ann Dew (1806 - 1870) and his brother, Henry, married Nancy's sister, Marina. Ebenezer and Nancy had nine children, born between 1826 and 1854.[3]

Hayes represented Marion County, South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives, during the Reconstruction era. He was elected twice, serving from 1868 to 1870 and 1872 to 1874.[4][5] He was a member of the Radical Republicans, a party faction with a goal of immediate, complete and permanent eradication of slavery, without compromise.[6]

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  1. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina being the regular session of 1869-70. Columbia, South Carolina: John W. Denny - Printer to the State. 1870.
  2. ^ Sellers, William W. (1902). A history of Marion County, South Carolina: from its earliest times to the present, 1901. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 267.
  3. ^ Dew, Allen Powell (2018). Book of Dew: Volume One. Lulu. p. 356. ISBN 9781387544363.
  4. ^ "South Carolina Legislature". South Carolina Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "South Carolina During the Late 1800s - 1865 to 1900". Carolana.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature". National Museum of African American History & Culture. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved July 8, 2020.